Protections for Haitian immigrants will temporarily remain in place.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in guidance posted July 1 that Haitian immigrants covered by Temporary Protected Status will keep their status and employment authorization, and their documentation will remain valid temporarily while waiting for lower court cases to align with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last week.
That 6-3 decision, which came out June 25, found that the Trump administration has full authority to end Temporary Protected Status.
TPS is the legal way more than 300,000 Haitians came to the U.S. The program has historically created a pathway for vetted immigrants to come to the U.S. from countries designated as unsafe because of violence or disasters.
An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians live in the Springfield area.
